The United Kingdom and European integration in a decolonising world: British agency in transnational and multilateral perspective

This seminar series is organised by CORPUS, in partnership with the Maison européenne des sciences humaines et sociales (UAR 3185) in Lille, the University of Westminster, and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (School of Advanced Studies, London).

Larissa Kraft (History & Policy) will open the series on 9 October. The sessions in October-January are listed below. The programme after 15 January will be released shortly.

Friday 9 October, 12-1.30 (BST) 

Larissa Kraft, History & Policy: “Reforging the Imperial Past and Looking to Lead Europe: Debating the Commonwealth Question During Britain’s First Application to the EEC”

Friday 6 November, 12-1.30 (BST) 

Hamish McDougall, Georgetown University: “Staying alive: New Zealand, Britain and European Integration Since 1960”

Thursday 3 December, 12-1.30 (GMT) 

William King, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies: “The anticolonial roots of Euroscepticism”

Friday 15 January, 12-1.30 (GMT) 

Andrew Dilley, University of Aberdeen: “Positioning the Commonwealth for a Post-Imperial World: Arnold Smith’s Global Political Imagination”